Daniel 1:9-21

What this episode covers

Last Sunday we took some time to address a general assumption everyone seems to make as they approach Daniel’s courageous stand in verse 8. The assumption being that “Daniel purposed in his heart,” because he was a good and Godly young man! The operational premise for many commentators is that while growing up in Jerusalem Daniel had been raised by Godly parents who imparted to him his Godly character. While this sounds nice — and let’s be honest it lends itself to some wonderful applications for parents hoping to raise Godly kids who’ll have the backbone to stand against the lure of Babylon and the king’s delicacies — the problems with this assumption are numerous. . .

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